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Why BasWare?. Easy tracking of invoices in workflow with different queues for invoice stagesSuperior controls for electronic authorisation with full audit historyApproval matrix with cost centre, project, amount and date rangesVery user friendly with minimum training requiredPersonal archiv
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1. Flinders University Case Study of BasWare IP Implementation WPP grant
40,000 supplier invoices 20,000 payment requests for employees and students
Market research was done in April 2008
Technology One Financials workflow using Xcellerate IT
BasWare IP using Readsoft
Final selection of BasWare IP May 2008
Pilot programme live 20th October 2008 all users on line 10th November 2008
2. Why BasWare? Easy tracking of invoices in workflow with different queues for invoice stages
Superior controls for electronic authorisation with full audit history
Approval matrix with cost centre, project, amount and date ranges
Very user friendly with minimum training required
Personal archive folder for each user with image and full audit history
Autoflow from Readsoft to BasWare to coders
3. Implementation steps
Dedicated mail box and email account for creditors invoices
Letters to major suppliers
New policy for the authorisation of University Expenditure
Removed storage in Accounts department and replaced with a scanner and workstation
Configured and tested the system
Documented procedures and trained the user group
Advised staff to stop coding and approving on paper copy and forward direct to Accounts
4. How does it work? Invoices delivered direct to Accounts dept from mail box
Invoices scanned in Readsoft using OCR then put into bundles for archiving
Invoice verified by accounts staff who add a department code
Invoice is then auto flowed out to all users attached to the department code
Each user receives an email with a hyperlink to the BasWare Thin Client
Invoice is coded then forwarded to an approver
Invoice is approved then sent direct to the ready to transfer queue
Invoice transferred into AP on the finance system
5. Readsoft actions Readsoft software Interprets the image scanned
Accounts officers verify data in all invoices, assigned by alpha group
Supplier can be selected from a pick list using a view to the finance tables
Any field not interpreted by the software is verified by dragging the mouse over the data
A Supplier’s definition is saved to a template when their first invoice is verified
Optimisation can be used to ”teach” the software certain rules for a Supplier
6. Readsoft verification
7. BasWare IP modules
Thin Client web based access for users to code and approve invoices
IP Master for accounts payable staff to monitor and redirect invoices
IP Admin for system administration
Monitor for enquiry and reporting
8. BasWare Thin Client for coding and approval
9. IP Master Invoices in Flow queue
10. Invoice Processing queues From scanning to transfer into the finance system the invoice can be viewed by accounts payable staff
Invoices are separated into queues in BasWare IP Master according to their status
Unprocessed invoices
Invoices in Flow
Returned Invoices
Invoices to be cancelled
Invoices ready for transfer to AP
All Invoices
Invoices can be redirected to multiple departments
AP can view the coding, invoice history or update the details
Due dates highlighted and reminder emails sent
11. Returned Invoice queue
12. Post implementation review Negatives
Initial problems with coding for mixed tax treatment invoice lines
No official delegations were held for corporate accounts
Initial backlog of invoices for with the scanning and verification
Suppliers slow to change mail address
13. Wins AP and user group love it
Reduced duplicated invoices and eliminated lost invoices
Drill down on account gives the invoice image
Reduced the possibility of fraudulent and inappropriate approvals
Full audit tracking
Payment details uploaded to BasWare
Decision not to purchase a Cash Management application